Jaar: 2016

The third, and final, PADEMIA Annual Report (2016) is now available. Find it here

Chiara Valentin explores whether speeches by MEPs in the national parliaments of Austria and the Netherlands help to bring EU politics closer to the national parliament and its public. Find … Lees meer

Based on the fact that there are very few comparative available databases on legislatures, the project Vital statistics on European legislatures and legislators aims at gathering basic statistics on European … Lees meer

There are four new Research notes: Alice Cunha analyses EU debates in the Portuguese parliament; Heleen Jalvingh argues that issue salience drives national parliaments’ involvement in EU affairs; Maija Mattila … Lees meer

The last PADEMIA Newsletter contains a report of the final Annual Conference and information on recent teaching and research activities. It is available here ….

At the conclusion of the PADEMIA project we publish two new reports: one of a debate on the highlights of 3 year PADEMA research and on on parliamentary debates on … Lees meer

On 19 and 20 September, a final PADEMIA workshop at TEPSA (Brussels) will discuss the impact of referenda on parliamentary democracy, notably in the light of the recent Brexit vote. … Lees meer

The latest paper on parliamentary democracy is now available to download on the website. Aleksandra Maatsch and Patricio Galella find that politicisation can induce parliaments to reinforce oversight over EU military … Lees meer

Three more Research Notes are now available:     In Research Note 11, Oľga Gyárfášová and Karen Henderson argue that the fuzziness of party and voter attitudes in Slovakia on EU issues, … Lees meer

The PADEMIA Research Notes Series keeps on growing as two new additions have become available.     In Research Note 9, Agnieszka Grzelak looks at the Polish Parliament and argues that  the … Lees meer